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The remeclies provided in this section shall be in addition to sny other remedies provided by law for the collection of taxes, and this section shall not be construed to repeal any other provisions of law. CHAFt~R V. SECI~ 60. The City Manager may appoint, without ex~r~nation of any ki~d, one of the n~mbers of the police force to the position of Deputy Chief of Police at such rank and such salary as may be fixed by ordinance, No one may be appointed Deputy Chief of Police who has not been a me~ber of the police force for at least ten years and held the r~nk of captain therein for at least one year. The person who is appointed Deputy Chief of Police shall remain subject to the Civil Service provisions of this charter and to the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Conmmission, except that he may be removed as Deputy Chief of Police by the City Manager at any time with, or without, cause and de- moted to the rank of captain at such step or grade within the rank of captain as he would have been entitled to at the time of such demotion had he not been appointed Deputy Chief of Police. Nothing herein shall be construed as restrict~ or prohibiting the City ~&~ger from taking disciplinary action against the person holding the position of Deputy Chief in accordance with the provisions of Sectior~ 6 and 7 of Chapter XII of th_is Charter. CHAPI'~ VII. SECTION 72. The Attorney for the Commonwealth, the Commissioner of the Revenue, the City Treasurer, an~ the City Sergeant for the City of Portsmouth shall have such duties as shall be i~posed upon them by general law and by this charter. The attorney for the Cc~nonwealth sh~ll prosecute the violations of all city ordinances in the courts n~c of record of the city of Portsmouth, when requested by the judges of such courts, and upon appeal in the court of hustings, and shall notify the City Attorney of all such prosecutions in which the validity of a city ordinance is attacked. CHAPTER VII, SECTION 75. ~nere shall be elected by the city council ten justices of the peace for the city at large who shall hold office for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Their terms of office shall begin on the first day of January immediately succeedi~ their election. Any justice of the peace who shall cease to be a resident of the city shall thereby vacate his office. CHAPTER IX. SECTION 1. There shall be a municipal court for the city of Portsmouth. Such court shall have both civil and crLminal jurisdiction and such other judicial powers as are conferred by ger~ral law on ~cipal courts of cities of the first class. There sh~]~ be a judge of the municipal court who shall be e~l~cted by the council for a four year term. Curing the r Nineteen H~ndred and.Sixty a judce four years,